Improvement in shoe-exhibiting devices



W. s. BELSHE. SHOE EXHIBITING DEVICE.

Patented J'u1y11, 1876.

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N, PETERS. PHOTOLIQWGRAPNER. WASHINGTON- U C.

- UNITED STATES PATENT O rrroa.

WILLIAM G. BELSHE, or MACON OITY,VMISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-EXHIBITING DEVICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,674. dated July 11,1876 application filed June 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM U. BELSHE, aresident of Macon City, in the county of Macon and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forExhibiting Shoes, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a device by which shoes andother similar articles can be readily andeasily exhibited in stores andother places.

The invention consists in a. wire bent in such a: manner as to form twohooked ends, connected by a transverse partwhich passes around the backend of the shoe, &c., the whole made of a single piece of wire. Thehooked ends are placed over the edge of the drawers or boxes containingthe shoes or similar articles, or may be placed over bars ar-' ranged inthe show-windows or show-cases. One of the ends is passed through theeyelets, while the other end passes around the rear end of the shoe.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents the device attached tothe upper end of a shoe, B, ready for hanging up. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the device.

In the drawing, A represents the device,

made of any suitable wire, the ends of which are bent to form hooks, asshown at b b, the intermediate bar or portion 0 being bent, as shown at(I, so as to form a slot, in which the rear portion of the shoe isinserted, while the forward end, which is passed through the eyelet, isbent to form a stop, as shown at e.

The ends-b I) are placed over the edges of the drawers, boxes, or overbars in show windows or cases, the front hook is passed through aneyelet or lace hole, and the rear portion of the shoe is inserted in theslot f, and the shoes are thus suspended in a ready and easy manner forexhibition, instead 01'', as is now the case, by strings, 85c.

The advantages of my-device are, that it can be very easily and quicklyapplied to shoes and other similar articles. It is very cheap, and canbe manufactured very quickly.

Having tlms described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The improved boot and shoe holder, consisting of the bent wire A,provided with the books I) b, bar 0, stop e, and slotf, constructedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM (J. BELSHE.

Witnesses:

' HEMMIT DALE,

J. J. Lone.

